GOTTEN N. AMER. OR


Meaning of GOTTEN N. AMER. OR in English

archaic

past participle of get .

Usage

As past participles of get , got and gotten both date back to Middle English. The form gotten is not used today in British English (except in the adjective ill-gotten ) but it is very common in North American English, though even there it is often regarded as non-standard.

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.